We had our first taste of Alaskan Winter. (Fairbanks: live in, safe)

[Marty Van Diest]

Originally Posted by megensmom

I feel so proud of my boys. I mean they are 2 teenage boys that really haven't ever had to do much before we moved here. I mean they semi kept their rooms cleaned and they had to do good in school but really no chores. This year they have grew so much and it was shocking because I didn't think they had it in them. And they reacted like men last night. They thought out their actions before they did them and we talked out every step. I just am so proud not alot of 17 and 15yr old kids would've done what they did.

You have a right to be proud of them. You have all come a long way since last year. Impressive.

[megensmom]

We went down to darts tonight and the DOT guy that helped us was there. He has a wife and kids and because he went out of his way to help us he wasn't able to get back across and spend his time with them. I told him how thankful I was for all the help and that I was sorry to have caused a delay in the time he can get back home and he said it was fine,he had spoken to his wife last night when they couldn't get back across and let her know and what she told him was... We are all safe and warm in our home that family needed you and I am glad you helped them. Now that proves that there are still people around that care about others. He was having dinner and a couple of drinks so I picked up his tab. I don't know what I would've done without him and my boys there so I felt he deserved it he was a hero. And it was also the first time he had been in those conditions.

[mal_flisk]

Granny, woulda repped ya, but share the love, ya know.

[notreesininceland]

Is there a photograph or two of this pass?

[DannyL]

Originally Posted by Barkingowl

Pat if you don't mind parting with some cash, give these folks a try for sleeping bags.
Wiggy’s Alaska, 8225 Old Seward Highway Suite A, Anchorage. AK

Sleeping Bags

I'm a fan of Wiggy's also, but since this is a "car kit" I would get a half dozen of these to keep in the back of the van.

Alps Mountaineering 0°F Sleeping Bag - Alpine Lake, Long, Mummy - Save 37%

[DannyL]

Originally Posted by megensmom

I feel so proud of my boys. I mean they are 2 teenage boys that really haven't ever had to do much before we moved here. I mean they semi kept their rooms cleaned and they had to do good in school but really no chores. This year they have grew so much and it was shocking because I didn't think they had it in them. And they reacted like men last night. They thought out their actions before they did them and we talked out every step. I just am so proud not alot of 17 and 15yr old kids would've done what they did.

As far as I'm concerned, your 2 young "boys" just earned their man card.
Kudo's to them, and you. As soon as they're old enough, the beer's on me....

[Barkingowl]

Originally Posted by mal_flisk

Granny, woulda repped ya, but share the love, ya know.

Feel free to use this smilie then.

[megensmom]

Let me see if I have any that I took before. I am sure there is some online though.
Here is a link to a view of it,while it doesn't show exactly how high up it is.
Circle to Fairbanks Trail - VR Panorama
and here is another link that has some pretty good photos.
Yahoo! Image Search Results for eagle summit steese highway

[Barkingowl]

Wow!!! That's worse than anything I've ever driven in.

[notreesininceland]

Originally Posted by megensmom

Let me see if I have any that I took before. I am sure there is some online though.
Here is a link to a view of it,while it doesn't show exactly how high up it is.
Circle to Fairbanks Trail - VR Panorama
and here is another link that has some pretty good photos.
Yahoo! Image Search Results for eagle summit steese highway

Thank you, m's mom. Brought back chilling memories of a windy, snowy night in 1991 on Independence Pass in Colorado. There were 3 of us (then graduate students at the University of Colorado at Boulder) in a car on the icy highway when, on a turn, the car went on a tangent and down the side of the mountain. Fortunately, there was a ledge below on which the car came to a rest. To cut a long story short, I lived to type this out. A couple of hundred metres on either side of the road and it would have been a steep drop into eternal darkness.